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The 25 Best Players in the Championship - as voted for by you: Part 7 of 25
When Southampton were promoted to the Championship in May, many of their supporters must have looked at the example of Norwich City to see whether they could emulate the Canaries’ feat of two successive promotions. Perhaps Rickie Lambert looked at Grant Holt and thought “I could do that”…
And maybe that is a lazy comparison. Either way, Saints are currently on course to go one better than Norwich by winning …
Southampton rack up the points to remain Pointless
For anyone unfamiliar with the BBC One quiz show Pointless, the basic premise is simple. The show’s producers ask 100 people a question prior to the show and the contestants must tell host Alexander Armstrong which correct answer they think the least number of people gave. For example, if the question was: “Name a Premier League manager”, a good answer might be “Brendan Rodgers” or “Paul Lambert”. A good answer …
Who would you prefer in charge of your football club?
Men and women up and down the country went into work this morning, writes Danny Brothers - some after a heavy commute, some sipping coffee picked up from the local Costa because there was no time for breakfast and some clutching files that had to be taken home and that kept them up all night.
So when the boss comes over and demands more, wants a report done by 10am …
Championship league ladder: Southampton up, Watford down
The Seventy Two’s Championship league ladder continues with the thoughts of Joe Harrison.
In brief, the idea will be that the table begins in the order that the Championship finished at the end of the 2010/11 season and a series of bloggers and journalists will each re-position one team further up and one team further down based on their thoughts over the summer. By the end, we will have …